So is there a great / better VR headset that is coming in the future? I remember some years ago, people were very hot on the HTC Vive. Is it still a thing?
The HTC Vive was the best experience out there for a number of years. Perfect tracking, room-scale, and tracked (for each hand) controllers. All right from the get-go. PSVR's poor tracking unfortunately caused a lot of games to be made with a traditional controller in mind, and while Oculus eventually caught up, launching without them was arguably a poor choice.
It's still a solid headset, but not the one I'd recommend if you're buying today. Comfort, integrated audio, controller layouts, optics, and displays have come a long way since then.
The Valve Index is an easy choice for best right now, albeit an expensive one. The HP Reverb G2 comes out soon at a lower price, and is probably what I'd point to for most people right now. You're getting a lot for the $600.
The next generation HP Virtual Reality HMD–developed in collaboration with Valve and Microsoft–delivers an immersive, comfortable and compatible VR experience. It’s the new standard in VR.
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As for Oculus, there have been
plenty of reasons to avoid them already:
- Palmer Luckey
- Closed-platform
- Exclusivity nonsense
- Facebook acquisition
It doesn't surprise me that the fears of Facebook's acquisition have turned into more reasons to avoid.
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